Monday.com

Access the Monday.com API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage boards, items, columns, groups, users, and workspaces using GraphQL.

Quick Start

bash

# Get current user
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ me { id name email } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/monday/v2', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

code

https://gateway.maton.ai/monday/v2

All requests use POST to the GraphQL endpoint. The gateway proxies requests to api.monday.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

code

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

bash

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

•Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
•Go to maton.ai/settings
•Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Monday.com OAuth connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=monday&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'monday'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

json

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "ca93f2c5-5126-4360-b293-4f05f7bb6c8c",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-05T20:10:47.585047Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-05T20:11:12.357011Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "monday",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Monday.com connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'query': '{ me { id name } }'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/monday/v2', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', 'ca93f2c5-5126-4360-b293-4f05f7bb6c8c')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

API Reference

Monday.com uses a GraphQL API. All operations are sent as POST requests with a JSON body containing the query field.

Current User (me)

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ me { id name email } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "me": {
      "id": "72989582",
      "name": "Chris",
      "email": "chris.kim.2332@gmail.com"
    }
  }
}

Users

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ users(limit: 20) { id name email } }"}

Workspaces

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ workspaces(limit: 10) { id name kind } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "workspaces": [
      { "id": "10136488", "name": "Main workspace", "kind": "open" }
    ]
  }
}

Boards

List Boards

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ boards(limit: 10) { id name state board_kind workspace { id name } } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "boards": [
      {
        "id": "8614733398",
        "name": "Welcome to your developer account",
        "state": "active",
        "board_kind": "public",
        "workspace": { "id": "10136488", "name": "Main workspace" }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Get Board with Columns, Groups, and Items

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ boards(ids: [BOARD_ID]) { id name columns { id title type } groups { id title } items_page(limit: 20) { cursor items { id name state } } } }"}

Create Board

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { create_board(board_name: \"New Board\", board_kind: public) { id name } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "create_board": {
      "id": "18398921201",
      "name": "New Board"
    }
  }
}

Update Board

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { update_board(board_id: BOARD_ID, board_attribute: description, new_value: \"Board description\") }"}

Delete Board

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { delete_board(board_id: BOARD_ID) { id } }"}

Items

Get Items by ID

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "{ items(ids: [ITEM_ID]) { id name created_at updated_at state board { id name } group { id title } column_values { id text value } } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "11200791874",
        "name": "Test item",
        "created_at": "2026-02-05T20:12:42Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-02-05T20:12:42Z",
        "state": "active",
        "board": { "id": "8614733398", "name": "Welcome to your developer account" },
        "group": { "id": "topics", "title": "Group Title" }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create Item

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { create_item(board_id: BOARD_ID, group_id: \"GROUP_ID\", item_name: \"New item\") { id name } }"}

Create Item with Column Values

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { create_item(board_id: BOARD_ID, group_id: \"GROUP_ID\", item_name: \"New task\", column_values: \"{\\\"status\\\": {\\\"label\\\": \\\"Working on it\\\"}}\") { id name column_values { id text } } }"}

Update Item Name

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { change_simple_column_value(board_id: BOARD_ID, item_id: ITEM_ID, column_id: \"name\", value: \"Updated name\") { id name } }"}

Update Column Value

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { change_column_value(board_id: BOARD_ID, item_id: ITEM_ID, column_id: \"status\", value: \"{\\\"label\\\": \\\"Done\\\"}\") { id name } }"}

Delete Item

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { delete_item(item_id: ITEM_ID) { id } }"}

Columns

Create Column

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { create_column(board_id: BOARD_ID, title: \"Status\", column_type: status) { id title type } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "create_column": {
      "id": "color_mm09e48w",
      "title": "Status",
      "type": "status"
    }
  }
}

Column Types

Common column types: status, text, numbers, date, people, dropdown, checkbox, email, phone, link, timeline, tags, rating

Groups

Create Group

bash

POST /monday/v2
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "mutation { create_group(board_id: BOARD_ID, group_name: \"New Group\") { id title } }"}

Response:

json

{
  "data": {
    "create_group": {
      "id": "group_mm0939df",
      "title": "New Group"
    }
  }
}

Pagination

Monday.com uses cursor-based pagination for items with items_page and next_items_page.

bash

# First page
POST /monday/v2
{"query": "{ boards(ids: [BOARD_ID]) { items_page(limit: 50) { cursor items { id name } } } }"}

# Next page using cursor
POST /monday/v2
{"query": "{ next_items_page(cursor: \"CURSOR_VALUE\", limit: 50) { cursor items { id name } } }"}

Response includes cursor when more items exist (null when no more pages):

json

{
  "data": {
    "boards": [{
      "items_page": {
        "cursor": "MSw5NzI4...",
        "items": [...]
      }
    }]
  }
}

Code Examples

JavaScript

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://gateway.maton.ai/monday/v2', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `{ boards(limit: 10) { id name items_page(limit: 20) { items { id name } } } }`
  })
});
const data = await response.json();

Python

python

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/monday/v2',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={
        'query': '{ boards(limit: 10) { id name items_page(limit: 20) { items { id name } } } }'
    }
)
data = response.json()

Notes

•Monday.com uses GraphQL exclusively (no REST API)
•Board IDs, item IDs, and user IDs are numeric strings
•Column IDs are alphanumeric strings (e.g., color_mm09e48w)
•Group IDs are alphanumeric strings (e.g., group_mm0939df, topics)
•Column values must be passed as JSON strings when creating/updating items
•The account query may require additional OAuth scopes
•Board kinds: public, private, share
•Board states: active, archived, deleted, all
•Each cursor is valid for 60 minutes after the initial request
•Default limit is 25, maximum is 100 for most queries

Error Handling

Status	Meaning
400	Missing Monday.com connection or GraphQL validation error
401	Invalid or missing Maton API key
403	Insufficient OAuth scope for the operation
429	Rate limited
4xx/5xx	Passthrough error from Monday.com API

GraphQL errors are returned in the errors array:

json

{
  "data": {},
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Unauthorized field or type",
      "path": ["account"],
      "extensions": { "code": "UNAUTHORIZED_FIELD_OR_TYPE" }
    }
  ]
}

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

When you receive a "Invalid API key" error, ALWAYS follow these steps before concluding there is an issue:

•Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

bash

echo $MATON_API_KEY

•Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

bash

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Monday.com

Quick Start

Base URL

Authentication

Getting Your API Key

Connection Management

List Connections

Create Connection

Get Connection

Delete Connection

Specifying Connection

API Reference

Current User (me)

Users

Workspaces

Boards

List Boards

Get Board with Columns, Groups, and Items

Create Board

Update Board

Delete Board

Items

Get Items by ID

Create Item

Create Item with Column Values

Update Item Name

Update Column Value

Delete Item

Columns

Create Column

Column Types

Groups

Create Group

Pagination

Code Examples

JavaScript

Python

Notes

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: Invalid API Key

Resources